One last shout out and thank you to all those who participated in our annual canine event, the Woofstock Experience 2009…The Twilight Bark.

Even though the weather was a bit dreary, adoption agencies, sponsors and the Trosa band still made the event a success. 

Thank you again to the following sponsors:

Presenting Sponsors:
City of Durham
Durham Parks & Recreation

Media Sponsor:
NBC17

Silver Sponsors:
Animal Hospital at Brier Creek
Petco

Bronze Sponsor:
Best Friends Pet Care
Oak Grove Animal Hospital
Sunny Acres Pet Resort
Triangle Veterinary Hospital
Veterinary Speciality Hospital–North Raleigh
Zoey’s Pack

In-Kind Sponsors:
Durham Central Park
IPI–Mutt Mitts
Kong Company
Trosa
Wysong

Also two paws up to the agencies that attended:

American Red Cross—Pet First Aid

Bayou Rescue

Big Dogs, Huge Paws

C.A.R.E. for Animals

Carolina Care Bullies

Coalition to Unchain Dogs

Helping Paws International

IMPS—Miniature Pinscher Rescue

My 2 and a Rescue

Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue

Pawfect Match Rescue

Therapy Dog International- Tails of the Triangle

Affordable Animal Care of Durham–Rabies & microchip clinic

We are in the planning stages for the Woofstock Experience 2010.

Date, time, place and theme will be posted soon!!

Independent Animal Rescue is an all volunteer group that fosters dogs & cats until they can be placed in their permanent homes.

Click on the website address below for the wish list as well as drop off centers around town.

http://www.apsofdurham.org/toys-for-tails/#more-6436

TROSA is a great organization located in Durham, but which does a large number of services to better the entire Triangle.  For that matter, all across the nation.  Yet they remain the Triangle’s best kept secret.

On top of the services they provide to residents of TROSA, the residents give back to their community, contributing in a variety of ways that express their interests and talents.  From the TROSA moving comany, the TROSA automechanic shop, the TROSA framing store, to the TROSA band, every resident contributes full work to their community and earn their sense of belonging.

Check out the video of the band, as well as their website.  Make an effort to learn more about TROSA, and even get involved in their efforts!

And don’t forget, more Woofstock Experience 2009 wrap-up videos and articles will pop up right here on the Official Woofstock Blog!

The weather will be the deciding factor as to what demonstrations can and can not be held.  We definitely don’t want anyone’s dog to be injured should they slip on the wet grass.  Should the weather be rainy the flyball demo will be canceled.  The agility will be improvised with the seesaw component under one of the tents available to test your dogs balance.  Samantha Seal of Sunny Acres Pet Training will be on hand to answer questions about agility.  The K9 unit of the City of Durham will also be in attendance.

We’ve arranged for a number of very large tents to be put on the grassy area so that we can still have our contests and the above demos.  Not to mention, the Trosa band live on the mobile stage.  Of course, our guests of honors, the non-profit agencies as well as our wonderful sponsors will be in the pavilion.

Who doesn’t love the smell of a wet dog?  Hopefully, they will be only slightly damp, or better yet, bone dry.

Update tomorrow.

4:15 p.m:    Flyball demonstration (DOGGONEFAST Flyball Club)

4:45 p.m:    Contests:

• Musical Sit
• Biscuit Toss
• Limbo -small
• Limbo- big
• Egg Race

5:15 p.m.      Agility demonstration:  Samantha Seal of Sunny Acres Pet Training

5:45 p.m.:    Trosa

6:45 p.m.:     Raffle drawing & thank you’s

Please note, times are subject to change.  The City of Durham K9 unit will be in attendance unless they are out on a service call. No specific time has been set.

Interested in agility?  She will also have the agility course open to those who would like to give the course a try.

She will be on site to help out with any questions.

Thank you Samantha and Sunny Acres!!

• Neuse River Golden Retriever Rescue
• Pawfect Match Rescue
• C.A.R.E. for Animals
• Animal Protection Society of Durham
• IMPS–miniature pinscher rescue
• American Red Cross –Pet First Aid
• Bayou Rescue–assists animals in times of disaster
• Therapy Dog International–Tails of the Triangle
• SNAP-NC
• Coalition to Unchain Dogs
• Big Dogs Huge Paws
• Helping Paws International
• My 2 and a rescue